Live auction - bfe_382176 - ARDENNES - PRINCIPALITY OF ARCHES-CHARLEVILLE - CHARLES II GONZAGA Double tournois, type 23 (1re effigie)
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 221 € |
| Maximum bid : | 240 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 16:53:16 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Double tournois, type 23 (1re effigie)
Date: 1642
Mint name / Town : Charleville
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,29 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan régulier laissant apparaître une bonne partie des grènetis extérieurs. Le buste du duc est bien venu à la frappe. On doit noter une faiblesse de frappe à 3 heures au revers qui se retrouve à 9 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jacques Grangien (MONNAIES 18, n° 1421) et de la collection Yves Caille
Obverse
Obverse legend : (ROSE) CHA[R]LES. II. DVC. D. MANT. S. DAR, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste de Charles II tête nue, drapé et le col en dentelle, à droite.
Obverse translation : (Charles II duc de Mantoue souverain d’Arches).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DOVBLE. D. LA. SOV. DAR. 1642.
Reverse description : Trois lis posés 2 et 1, entouré des armes d’Alençon.
Reverse translation : (Double de la souveraineté d’Arches).
Commentary
Exemplaire en frappe médaille (axe à douze heures) servant d’illustration comme monnaie type dans le CGKL.
Historical background
ARDENNES - PRINCIPALITY OF ARCHES-CHARLEVILLE - CHARLES II GONZAGA
(1637-1659)
Grandson of Charles I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and builder of Charleville, Charles II was only seven years old when his grandfather died. His father Charles de Gonzague died in 1631 leaving him and a sister Éléonore who would marry Emperor Ferdinand III. It was his mother, Marie de Gonzague, daughter of François II and cousin of his father, who was regent. He married Isabelle-Claire, daughter of Archduke Leopold of Austria and Claude de Medici, in 1649, with whom he had only one son, Charles III Ferdinand. He made only short visits to Charleville, residing more often in Mantua or Paris. In 1659, he sold his duchies of Nevers, Rethel, Mayenne, etc. to Mazarin. and retained only the sovereign land of Arches with the city of Charleville. He died in 1665.
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